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WJ Foster CV William Joseph Foster Ph.D. Address: University of Texas at Austin. 2275 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712. USA. e-mail: [email protected] Present Positions 02.10.2017- Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, and the University 02.10.2019 of Potsdam, Germany. 05.11.2015 - Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Texas at Austin. 2275 02.10.2017 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712. USA. Previous Employment 2015: Postdoctoral Research Assistant. Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom. 2011-2014: Teaching Assistant. Plymouth University, United Kingdom. 2009: Volunteer Ranger. Yateley Common Country Park, United Kingdom. 2006: Teaching Assistant. Ainsdale School for the Mentally Impaired, United Kingdom. Higher Education 2011-2015 Natural Environment Research Council-funded PhD Geological Sciences. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University. Thesis title: Palaeoecology of the late Permian mass extinction event and subsequent recovery. Director of Studies: Professor Richard Twitchett. 2014: Palaeontological Association Paleobiology Database Analytical Methods Course, Bristol University. 2013: NERC Environment Yes: Young entrepreneurs scheme, Oxford. 2013: Introduction to R: Plymouth University. 2012: Life and Planet Spring School: Palaeoenvironmental Research. National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. 2012: General Teaching Associates course. A short course for developing teaching skills in Higher Education. 2007-2011: Integrated Masters of Physical Geography (Honors) 1st Class: (Awarded the Merchant Prize for outstanding achievement). University of Hull. Thesis title: Testing the distribution of benthic foraminiferal assemblages as an indicator for heavy metal pollution in the Bages-Sigean Lagoon, France. 2008: Level 1 Game Ranger Field Guide Course. (Certificate of Merit). African Conservation Experience. Peer-reviewed Publications *Foster, W.J. and Sebe, K. In Review. Restoration of benthic marine ecosystems during the Early and Middle Triassic in the western Palaeotethyan ramp settings. Global and Planetary Change Martindale, R.C., Foster, W.J., and Velledits, F. In Review. Survival, recovery, and diversification of reef ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Dunhill, A.M., Scirribas, J., Foster, W.J., and Twitchett, R.J. In Review. Functional diversity of marine ecosystems across the Late Triassic Mass Extinction. Palaeontology *Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Price, G. and Twitchett, R.J. 2017. Subsequent biotic crises delay the recovery from the late Permian mass extinction event in the Werfen Formation (Italy). PloS One 12, e0172321. 1

WJ Foster CV *Foster, W.J., Danise, S. and Twitchett, R.J. In Press. A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology *Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Sedlacek, A., Price, G.D., Hips, K. and Twitchett, R.J. 2015. Environmental controls on the post-Permian recovery of benthic, tropical marine ecosystems in western Palaeotethys (Aggtelek Karst, Hungary). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440, 374-394. [Open access; 2 citations] *Foster, W.J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2014. Functional diversity of marine ecosystems after the Late Permian mass extinction event. Nature Geoscience 7, 233-238. [28 citations] Twitchett, R.J. and Foster, W.J. 2012. Post-Permian Radiation. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. *Foster, W.J., Armynot du Chatelet, E. and Rogerson, M. 2012. Testing benthic foraminiferal distributions as a contemporary quantitative approach to biomonitoring estuarine heavy metal pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64 (5), 1039-1048. [23 citations] Publications to be submitted *Foster, W.J., Heindel, K, Lehrmann, D., Richoz, S., Peckmann, J., Yu, M., Baud, A. and Martindale, R.C. Wave Action permitted Metazoan Reef Survival in the Early Triassic Greenhouse Climate. In preparation for Science *Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Price, G, and Twitchett, R.J. Palaeoecological analysis of benthic recovery following the late Permian mass extinction in Eastern Lombardy, Italy. In preparation for Paleobiology *Foster, W.J., Reistroffer, M., Twitchett, R.J., Wilcox, S. and Martindale, R.C. Timing of ocean acidification at the late Permian mass extinction event. In preparation for Nature Heindel, K., Foster, W.J., Richoz, S., Birgel, D., Thiel, V., Baud, A., Brandner, R., Krystyn, L., Mohtat, T., Koşun, E., Twitchett, R.J. and Peckmann, J. Earliest Triassic microbe-metazoan reefs on the margins of the Neotethys were dominated by cyanobacteria and sponges. In preparation for EPSL

Funding received so far (Projects where I am PI are marked with *) €100,000 *Geo.X Postdoctoral Fellowship. (2017). Palaeobiological Extinction Selectivity of the Late Permian Mass Extinction. Museum für Naturkunde and University of Potsdam. Co-PI’s: Dr. Martin Aberhan and Prof. Maria Mutti. $146,000 *Jackson School of Geosciences Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. (2015). Restructuring of reef ecosystems in the wake of the late Permian mass extinction. ¥835,000 *Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Pre-doctoral fellowship. (2014). Early Triassic ecology and climate change in northeast Japan. Nagoya University, Japan. Host Researcher: Professor Tatsuo Oji. £1500 *Malacological Society of London Research Grant. (2014). The recovery of benthic mollusk communities following a major climate change event. £1500 *Palaeontological Association Collomon Award. (2014). Evolution of the oldest Mesozoic reef. 2014 *Palaeontological Association Travel Grant to attend the International Palaeontological Congress, Argentina. 2014 *Plymouth Marine Education Fund to attend the International Palaeontological Congress, Argentina.

WJ Foster CV 2013 *Palaeontological Association Travel Grant to attend the Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Zurich University. 2013 *Doctoral Training Centre Plymouth University to attend the Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Zurich University. 2012 *IGCP 572 Travel Grant to attend the IGCP 572 Closing conference, Eger College, Hungary. Supervising, and Mentoring activities 2016 PhD Committee member to Anna Weiss (PhD student, University of Texas). Causes and Consequences of Reef Collapse at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum 2016 Mentor to Sarah Thorne (undergraduate student, Trinity University). Biofacies of upper Permian rocks that underlie Early Triassic microbialites. 2016 Co-supervisor to Maria Reistroffer (undergraduate student, University of Texas). Advised her on grant-writing, she obtained $1800 Undergraduate Research Fellowship to investigate the role of ocean acidification at the Permian/Triassic boundary. 2016 Mentor to Bobbi Minard (undergraduate student, University of Northern Iowa). Biotic composition of late Permian shallow marine communities in the western US. Conference Organization 2017 Session organizer. Geological Society of America. ‘T54. Impact of Extinction Events on the Ecological and Geochemical Functioning of Marine Ecosystems’. 2017 Session organizer. Geological Society of America south-central Meeting ‘Micro- to Macroscopic Evidence of Life and its Implications to the Evolution and Interpretation of the Biosphere in Earth Systems’. 2012 Session organizer. Centre for Research in Earth Sciences Conference. Public Outreach 2017 Introduction to Geology for Home-Schooled Children, University of Texas, USA. 2016 UT Teach, Dinosaur Runway lesson plan for elementary schools. 2016 Hot Science, Cool Talks, University of Texas, USA. Dinosaur Runway public engagement activity. 2015 Fossil Festival, Round Rock, Texas, USA. Paleontological Stand showcasing the Natural History of Texas. 2015 Fossil BioBlitz, Lyme Regis, UK. Citizen Science, applying the Bioblitz concept to Paleontology. 2014 Yorkshire Fossil Festival, UK. Paleontological stand exhibiting the impact of mass extinctions with the Natural History Museum London. 2012-2013 Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, UK. Dinosaur Runway public engagement with Plymouth University. 2012 Dinosaur Day, Plymouth University, UK. Dinosaur Runway public engagement with Plymouth University. Invited Talks 2017 Paleobiology of marine ecosystems in the wake of the end-Permian mass extinction event. University of Southern California, USA. 2017 The role of ocean acidification during a catastrophic climate warming event. Austin Paleontological Society.

WJ Foster CV 2016 Environmental controls on the recovery of shallow marine ecosystems following the late Permian mass extinction. Colloquium, University of Georgia, USA. 2016 Recovery of marine ecosystems following the late Permian mass extinction event. DeFord lecture series, University of Texas at Austin, USA. 2016 Post-Permian Recovery. TERSANE Summer School, Erlangen, Germany. 2015 Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Price, G.D. and Twitchett, R.J. Subsequent benthic biotic crises in the wake of the late Permian mass extinction event. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 699. (keynote). Prizes and Awards 2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence. European Commission. 2015 Commendation for the President’s Award. Palaeontological Association, Annual Meeting. 2013 Best Oral Presentation awarded during the Plymouth Science Education Making Waves conference. 2013 Best Oral Presentation awarded during the Geological Society of London (South West group) meeting. 2011 Merchant Prize. Department prize for outstanding achievement, University of Hull. Organized and Led Research Expeditions Over the past five years I have organized and led twenty geological field research expeditions looking at late Permian, Early and Middle Triassic strata to: Aggtelek Karst, Mecsek Mountains, Bükk Mountains and Balaton Highlands (Hungary); Lombardy and Dolomites (Italy); central and western Svalbard (Arctic Norway); Miyagi Prefecture (Japan); Skyros Island (Greece); Alabama, Nevada and Utah (USA); Durham (UK); Luodian (Guizhou, China). The primary focus of these research expeditions was sedimentological logging, collecting fossil samples, and sampling rock for inorganic geochemistry in order to reconstruct the impact of past climate change. Other research expeditions include: Languedoc and the Pyrenees (France); Maltese Islands, Chembe and Mulangi (Malawi), Bavaria (Germany), Whitby, and Lyme Regis (UK). First-Aid Training Adult/Infant & Child Basic Cardiac Life Support valid until April 2019 Adult/Infant & Child First Aid valid until April 2019 Wilderness First Aid with NOLS and REI valid until June 2019 Languages English: (Native Speaker) GCSE. German: (Beginner) Intensive workshop 2017 (Austin German Heritage Society); Beginner Course 4 (Babbel). French: (Beginner) GCSE. Japanese: (Beginner) Intensive workshop 2014 (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science). Other Experience: Italian, Spanish and Hungarian. Published Abstracts Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Price, G.D. and Twitchett, R.J. 2017. Paleoecology of the Lower Triassic Servino Formation, Italy. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 49.

WJ Foster CV Reistroffer, M., Foster, W.J., Martindale, R.C. and Twitchett, R.J. 2017. Timing of ocean acidification at the latest Permian mass extinction: evidence from fossils. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 49. Foster, W.J. and Sebe, K. 2016. Restoration of benthic marine ecosystems during the Early and Middle Triassic in the western Palaeotethyan ramp settings. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol.48, No.7 (Oral presentation) Dunhill, A.M., Foster, W.J., Sciberras, J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2016. Intrinsic and extrinsic ecological determinants of extinction at the end-Triassic mass extinction. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol.48, No.7 (Oral presentation) Foster, W.J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2015. The first silicified fauna from the Earliest Triassic. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 570. (Poster presentation) Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Price, G.D. and Twitchett, R.J. 2015. Environmental controls on the recovery of benthic invertebrate communities in the wake of the late Permian mass extinction. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 63. (Oral presentation) Twitchett, R.J, Bowman, V., Crame, A.J., Dunhill, A., Foster, W.J., Little, C.T.S., McGowan, A.J., Pugh, A.C. and Witts, J.D. 2015. Fossilblitz! Extending the bioblitz concept to deep time. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 47, No. 7, p.113. (Poster presentation) Foster, W.J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2014. Functional diversity of marine ecosystems after the late Permian mass extinction event. North American Paleontological Convention, Florida, U.S.A (Oral Presentation) http://reg.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/docs/napc/NAPC2014ProgramBook.pdf Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Price, G.D. and Twitchett, R.J. 2014. Palaeoecology of the late Permian mass extinction event and subsequent recovery. Co-Evolution of Life and the Planet 2014 Conference, London, UK (Oral Presentation) Foster, W.J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2014. Functional diversity of marine ecosystems after the late Permian mass extinction event. 4th International Palaeontological Congress, Mendoza, Argentina (Oral Presentation) Foster, W.J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2013. Ecospace occupation across the Permian/Triassic boundary. Geological Society of America, abstracts with Programs Vol. 45, No.7, p.803. (Poster presentation) https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper227943.html Foster, W.J. and Twitchett, R.J. 2013. Functional diversity of marine ecosystems after the late Permian mass extinction event. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Zürich, Switzerland (Poster presentation).